Sample
or Preset files are available at the main index Mastering
Brushes for Photoshop. |
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| This Tutorial will show you how to color an image Created from a Brush. I will show you how to Create both images. (This Technique is best used when the Brush image is of Solid Color with No Half-Tones.) Let's first begin by Creating the image on the Left. |
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| 1.) Create a New file. Go to File > New. Make it 600 X 600 pixels at 300 dpi in RGB Mode on a Transparent Background. |
| 2.) Click the Background Color swatch to Open the Color-Picker. |
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| Enter #FF0000 at the Bottom input box, then click OK to close and apply. |
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| Next, click the Foreground Color swatch and change it's Color to #339933. These will be the two base Colors for our first image. |
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3.) Select the Brush
tool  .
Go to the Options bar and click the Downward triangle (next to the
Brush Preview window) to Open the Brush-Picker.
Click the Blue arrow 
(Top Right corner) and a pop-out menu will appear. |
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| Select SD-Roses. A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the correct Library will load. Now, Select the brush named Rose 2, then press Enter on the keyboard to close the Library. (Note: The numbers listed Below the brushes indicate their Width at 100 scale and some of them will require a wider Canvas when used at a later time.) |
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| 4.) Carry the brush over the work area and position as shown. |
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| Click once now to Fill. |
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| There are 12 elements to this image that will need to be separated. I have supplied on the CD this file already separated and ready to use if you wish. Go to the Samples folder for this CD and Open it, then simply Double-Click on the file named Template_Rose.psd and it will open in Photoshop, you may then proceed straight to Step 10. |
| (Alternately, just continue with your image here to find out how to do the separation work and add the second Color.) |
5.) In the Layers
palette... click the Create a new layer button
to Create a New blank layer. Now, go to Select >
Load Selection. When the Load Selection dialog
box appears, just click OK and a Selection will be activated. Press
Ctrl+Backspace now to Fill with Red, then use Ctrl+D
to Deselect Selection. |
| The Layers palette will now have the base image in two layers with different colors. |
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| 6.) There are 6
Petals layers to be separated. Drag this layer to the Create
a new layer button
and Release to Create a Duplicate layer. Repeat process until there
are a Total of 6 Red layers. |
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| There are 6 Stem layers to be separated. Click Layer 1 to Select, then repeat process for a Total of 6 green layers. |
Now, let's Rename the layers. Double-Click
the name of the Bottom layer and it will become Highlighted. Rename
to Stem 1. Repeat process for remaining layers
accordingly as shown Below. Press Enter on the keyboard to finish
on the last layer, then click the Stem 1 layer
to Select and Alt+Click it's Eye icon 
to turn OFF visibility to All remaining layers. We are now ready
to begin separating the 12 elements. |
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7.) Select the Erasure
tool  .
Carry the brush over the work area and Right-Click to Open the Brush-Picker.
Select the Hard Round 19 pixel brush. |
| (If the Library is different, click
the Blue arrow
(Top Right corner) and a pop-out menu will appear. Select Reset
Brushes. A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the
correct library will load.) |
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| Next, move the Master Diameter slider and increase it's size to 100 px. |
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| 8.) Click on a blank spot on the work area and the library will close. Erase everything but the Bottom stem to this layer. |
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| Following this guide, these are the
elements to be isolated to each numbered corresponding layer. Click
the Eye icon
now to turn OFF visibility to the Stem 1 layer.
Click the next layer UP to select and erase everything except Stem
2. Repeat process until all layers have different elements. |
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| 9.) When you are finished...
go to the Layers palette and Select the Stem
1 layer once again. This time Right-Click it's Eye icon
and a menu will appear. Select Show/Hide all
other layers and visibility will return to All layers instantly!
(Incidentally, this menu is how you assign Colors to the layers
and can be helpful when grouping elements of the same type in complicated
graphics.) |
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| 10.) Time now to add
some dimension to our work. Go to Window > Styles
to Open the Styles palette. Click the blue arrow
(Top Right corner) and a pop-out menu will appear. Select SD-Rose.
A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the correct library
will load. Click the button named Stem 1
and the effects will be applied to the Stem 1 corresponding
layer. (All of the Styles were Created using Bevel and Emboss in
the Layer Style palette.) |
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| Continue Selecting the next layer UP and clicking the corresponding Styles button until All layers have been completed. |
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| Note: Click here now if you would prefer to finish with the second Rose, otherwise, just continue below. |
| 11.) Next, go to Layer
> Merge Visible. (All of the layers will be
combined to one single layer.) Let's go ahead now and add the Background.
Go to the Layers palette and click the Create
a new layer button
to Create a New blank layer. Press D on the keyboard
to set the Foreground Color to Black. Now, use Alt+Backspace
to Fill. In the Layers palette... drag the Rose
layer to the Top as shown. |
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| 12.) To Finish the image... Go to Layer > Flatten Image. I then Resized the image smaller. Go to Image > Image Size. The dialog box will appear. Set Width and Height to 200 pixels then click OK to apply. I finished by sharpening the image a bit. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen and we are done! |
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Copyright © 2006-2007 Glenn Schemenauer - Spacific
Designs™ - All rights reserved. |
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